Otto Beit in his study in Belgrave Square, Sir William Orpen, 1913. |
Johannes Westrik and his family, by Tibout Regters, 1762. |
The lady on the right has her knitting and dainty ball of yarn. |
La mort du général Moreau, by Auguste Couder, 1814. |
Muerte de don Alfonso XII (El último beso), by Juan Antonio Benlliure y Gil, 1887. |
The Villers Family, by Jean-Bernard Duvivier, 1790. |
The family's attire and their home's furnishings are in the very height of fashion. |
The family of King Louis-Philippe, French School, circa 1835. |
The figures look quite waxen, but the satin drapery is marvelous. |
King Gustav III of Sweden visiting the Royal Academy of Arts, by Elias Martin, 1782. |
Every face is a portrait. (Save the model's, I presume.) |
Théatre à Paris, by Adolph von Menzel, 1854. |
The lady in the box above with her opera glasses; you'd think her proximity to the stage would make them rather unnecessary. |
Domestic interior, German School, circa 1775-80. |
The details in this painting are wonderful; among the books, candlesticks, and urn on top of the secrétaire, is a half-empty bottle of wine. |
Barely noticeable is the long length of thread or yarn, looping from the hands of the standing woman to the dainty implement on the table. |
fabulous
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